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Re: [LUG] most graphically impressive live-cd - for a windows user to try

 

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 09:26:59AM +0100, NW wrote:
> Roland Tarver wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Rhia Knowles
> > <rhiadratech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Recent mint CDs come with compiz enabled on compatible hardware as default.
> >> So boot up eg mint 7, and spin that cube!
> > 
> > Hmmm - ok - It did not seem to do that when I booted mint 8.1 on my
> > year old laptop, however, I will investigate. Thank you Rhia.
> > 
> > Even though I asked the original question (for my friends benefit),
> > personally I don't like "lights and clockwork" - I like simplicity and
> > speed, ideally the command line - ok, ok, perhaps with a web browser
> > thrown into the party. haha! But I do love the fact that linux users
> > have the freedom to choose exactly what they want and how they want it
> > :-)
> > 
> > Best wishes
> > roly
> > 
> 
> I too feel that KDE has gone rather OTT. Which is the reason that, on my
> laptop, I have installed Mint 7 Xfce. And it works very well for me.
> 
> Neil
>

I'm a fan of XFCE especially on older hardware, although LXDE is a better choice for 
really old hardware, or maybe FWM2.  Can't think of the other lightweight Window 
Managers out there.

Rob 

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